Fishing rod



Junev 15, 1954 HYLAND 2,680,923

- FISHING ROD Filed Jan. 3, 1949 Patented June 15, 1954 UNITE-D ST zsssn OFFICE FISEHNG ROD Daniel F. Hyland, St. Louis, Mo. Application January 3, 1949, Serial No. 68,769

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This invention relates to fishing rods, and with regard to more specific features, to extensible fishing rods includin reels.

Among the several objects of the invention may be noted the provision of an inexpensive extensible fishing rod which is readily adaptable to trolling, casting and bank line fishing; and the provision of a rod the class described which is readily adaptable for eniciently casting various weights of bait. Other objects will be in part apparent and in part pointed out hereinafter.

The invention accordingly comprises the elements and combinations of elements, features of construction, and arrangements of parts which will be exemplified in the structures hereinafter described, and the scope of the application of which will be indicated in the following claim.

In the accompanying drawings, in which one of various possible embodiments of the invention is illustrated,

Fig. 1 is a plan View of a rod of this invention;

Fig. 2 is a right-side elevation of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged cross section taken on line 3-4? of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is an enlarged longitudinal section taken on line i- 3 of Fig.

Fig. 5 is a cross section taken on line 55 of Fig. 4;

Fig. 6 is an enlarged fragmentary longitudinal section taken on l e t5 of Fig. l, a reel bein shown by dash lines; and,

Fig. 7 is a cross section taken on line 'i7 of rig. 6, but turned through 90.

Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views of the drawings.

Referring to the drawings, numeral to shows a handle to which is fastened a reel seat ii shown in detail in Fig. 6. This comprises a plate having a welded tongue l3 for the reception of the tongue 49 of a reel 55, The other tongue iii of the reel 5!; is held by means of a clip it? to which is threaded a thumbs-crew ii, the latter passing through a slot is in the reel seat ii. The reel seat ll includes an offset extension Si, the sides of which are orimped as shown at 83 to the rearward ends 85 of a pair of spaced parallel semi-rigid rods 8? which at their forward ends are joined by an integral loop (Fig. 3) forming a guide member having a longitudinal opening at located generally between the rods for the sliding reception of a flexible rod tip 53. This tip consists of a length of spring metal of a diameter suitable for the fishing to be practiced. It is in general smaller in diameter than the rods 87. The rearward end as of the rod tip as enters an opening 9'! in a slide member 89 straddling the rods 81, being held in place by means of a set screw it i. The slider 99 is adapted to receive a thrunbscrew I03 for adjusting a holding clamp it's, also straddling the rods 8?. This in efiect a positioning clutch. The outer end of the rod tip 533 is provided with the usuai. guide eye Hill for the fishing line.

In view of the above, it will be seen that the slide member 9-9 may be retracted to a position wherein the flexible rod tip 93 is substantially completely retracted and the guide eye it! is closely adjacent the guide member 89 to provide a relatively short stiff fishing rod, or extended to a forward position determined by its engagement with member 89 wherein the tip is fully extended to provide a relatively long flexible fishing rod. interchange may be made between tips 93 of various diameters so as to obtain various whipping effects in casting. Moreover, with a given tip, adjustments may be made of the slider 99 for various extensions. Such various extensions also control the character of the whip obtained. If desired, calibrations its, Hi, H3 may be marked on the wire 8! to indicate proportionate bait weights. For example, calibrations N29, Hi and H3 may indicate bait weights of 4 ounce, ounce and ounce, respectively.

From the above, the advantage of the invention will be seen to comprise a relatively stiff inner section composed of a pair of semi-rigid slide rods and a relatively flexible outer section composed of a single flexible rod tip guided through an opening formed at the juncture between the slide rods and fastened at its inner end to an adjustable slider. Thus the length and flexibility of the various types or fishing casting, trolling, bank fishing, surf fishing, etc. The adjustable wire extension is interchangeable with others having different diameters. The construction is strong but light and very economical to manuiacture.

In View of the above, it will be seen that the several objects of the invention are achieved and other advantageous results attained.

As many changes could be made in the above constructions without departing from the scope of the invention, it is intended that all matter contained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawings shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

I claim:

A fishing rod comprising a reel seat, said seat comprising a plate having an ofiset extension at its forward end, a handle secured to the rearward end of the reel seat, a rod section extending forward from the reel seat comprising a pair of spaced parallel semi-rigid rods joined at their forward end by a guide member having a longi- 5 tudinal opening located generally between the rods, said extension having sides crimped around the rearward ends of said semi-rigid rods, a slide member straddling the rods and longitudinally g i g g slidable thereon to different positions of lon 10 gg tudinal adjustment, and a flexible rod tip fixed 828557 at one end to the slide member and extendin 1 001326 forward therefrom through the open g in the 1843714 guide member and having a guide y at its 1 500 ward end for guiding a fishing line, said slide 15 1981082 member having a retracted position wherein the 2099628 flexible rod tip is substantially completely re- 2240488 traoted and the guide eye is closely adjacent 2276524 the guide member to provide a relatively Short 20 stiff fishing rod, and said slide member having a forward position determined by its engagement with the guide member wherein the flexible rod tip is fully extended to provide a relatively long flexible fishing rod.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Taylor Mar. 1'7, 1942 

